Quiz: Voting Rights

When Americans go to the polls on Tuesday, the electorate will look different than it once did. How much do you know about the history of voting? Take the quiz to find out!

In early America, who could vote in elections?*

White men

White men who could read and write

White men who owned land

White men and women who owned land

When did African American men gain the right to vote?*

1865

1870

1930

1965

The 17th Amendment enabled Americans to directly elect:*

Senators

Members of the House

Cabinet members

Governors

When did women gain the right to vote?*

1870

1913

1920

1932

The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18 from:*

21

23

25

30

Which of the following deterrents to voting was suspended by the Voting Rights Act of 1965?*

ID requirements

Exact match laws

Segregated polling places

Literacy tests

In an open primary election, any voter, regardless of party registration, may vote.*

True

False

In order for your ballot to count, you must vote for everything on the ballot.*

True

False

When you vote in a Presidential election, you are actually voting for a slate of electors pledging to cast their ballots for that ticket in the Electoral College. Are those electors required to vote as their states did?*